Pikes Pick: 'Marvel's The Punisher' offers hero with an edge

Hoping that the series is a bit decreasing level of productions, Marvel Netflix, finding its point of fall with the disappointing The Defenders,The Punisher is very much anticipated. According to a new report, Marvel Studios forbid The Punisher from featuring any of the four heroes from The Defenders (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist). That said, don't tune in expecting to see something interwoven with the wider MCU, as Marvel has put the kibosh on any cameos from any of The Defenders.

When I came in to take the show on, it was always very clear to me that they wanted it to sort of tell its own story and run on its own track and not really intersect with what was happening in The Defenders. That was part of the brief.

Arriving Friday, Nov. 17 on Netflix, The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle, Ben Barnes as Billy Russo, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Micro, Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Daniel Webber as Lewis Walcott, Shohreh Aghdashloo as Farah Madani and Paul Schulze as Rawlins, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in an undisclosed role. For one thing, supporting players tend to meet a bloody end the longer they hang around The Punisher and The Defenders' mystical ninjas and superpowers don't quite jive with the semi-realistic street grit that this series is shooting for.